Details
I’m going to tell a story in this message about one of the traits that make a company Great – attention to detail. About 300 miles north of El Monte […]
Category: Chairman’s Corner
Things I’ve Learned
In the mid-1960s, we produced a baggage compartment floor panel, Gillfab 5040, which was made with aluminum skins and end grain balsa as the core material. As part of the […]
It’s Always the Obvious
Having been on the job for over 62 years, I have many stories that reinforce some of my philosophies. One is that when there is a problem in manufacturing and […]
Vuvuzela Contest
For a while now the El Monte operation has held a Vuvuzela blowing contest every 4 years during the FIFA World Cup. It started 14 years ago after my daughter, […]
Airline Posters
When visitors enter our corporate offices, they often ask about the airline travel posters, and I’m going to explain. My love for aviation was born in the late 1950s, aboard […]
Don’t Ask How That Was Done
I don’t remember the name of the movie, but it has had a lasting effect on my life. In the movie, two characters are watching a magic trick. At the end […]
What Could Be Going Wrong – Part 3
In my last two messages I’ve described an event that happened when I was just beginning my career. We’d received a large order for lab table tops from a hospital […]
What Could Be Going Wrong – Part 2
In my last message I mentioned a valuable lesson that I would explain in this message. We were having trouble with matching the color on a 990C laminate order. It […]
What Could Be Going Wrong – Part 1
When I began my career at The Gill Corporation my position was supervisor of Line #2. We had a huge (for us at that time) order for 990Cs. They used […]
Truck Day
I’ve been a baseball fan most of my life. When I was young and became interested in baseball there were no major league baseball teams in the Los Angeles area. […]